Biography

Bachelor of Arts (B.A), Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), and Post-graduation in Social Work (M.S.W) from Bangalore University. M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Psychiatric Social Work from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru.

Research & Teaching Interests:

Community Mental Health –  Quantitative Research Practice, Treatment Adherence in Psychiatric Disorders,  Psychosocial care for Children and Women in Difficult Circumstances, Life Skills Education,    School Mental Health,  Family Life Education,  Migration and Mental Health,  Strength Based Social Work Practice,   NGOs in Mental Health Care,  Stress Management at Workplace,   Disaster Mental Health,   Recovery from Addiction,  Capacity Building in Mental Health Care, Psychosocial Rehabilitation,  Disability & Functionality (ICF)

Industry Experience:

He has nearly 16 years of experience in practice, teaching, and research continuum in the mental health and psychiatric social work subjects. Has key knowledge of curriculum design, module development and teaching methodologies and community mental health research.  He has been involved as a resource person for more than 200 training programs related to mental health care and psychosocial interventions. Dr. Sudhir has worked in the following positions and research projects over the year

1. Research Associate (Aug’ 2021- June’ 2022) for the NIMHANS – ICSSR Project titled ‘Covid-19 Impact on Rural School Children

2. Research Scholar & Junior Consultant (July’ 2017 – June’ 2021) Community Mental Health Unit, NIMHANS

3. Psychiatric Social Worker (May’ 2015 – June’ 2017), Adult Psychiatry Unit, NIMHANS

4. Psychiatric Social Worker (May’ 2014 – Apr’ 2015) Abhaya Addiction Recovery Center

5. Programme Manager (Jan’ 2008 – Apr’ 2012) for the NIMHANS-Every Child India project titled Psychosocial Care for Children in Difficult Circumstances through South Indian NGOs

6. Research officer (Jan’ 2007 – Dec’ 2007) for the NIMHANS – CARE INDIA project titled Psychosocial Support for Survivors of Tsunami Disaster

Teaching Experience:

He supervised and taught for M.Phil. Scholars, Post-graduation, Undergraduate students and Internship program trainees at NIMHANS.  He has extensively worked with diverse population groups, families, communities, and organizations to provide mental health care & psychosocial support interventions in clinical as well as public mental health settings.

He is teaching Quantitative Research Methods, Statistical Methods for Psychological Research, Environmental Psychology, Clinical psychology, and Community Mental Health subjects at the School of JPSC, O.P Jindal Global University.